Benevolent Misanthrope:ZAZ: The mayor of Boston recently warned women not to walk alone at night after a series of assaults. Cue the angry feminist newspaper columnist.

Right. The angry feminist is the problem. Not the fact that women cant walk alone at night. Men can, by and large, walk at night. Women canèt walk at night. Because of the men.

Wait: I thought they were in every sense equal to men. Is this not so?

Of course not. The average woman is smaller and not as strong as the average man. Now, if only there were some kind of way to even up the odds a bit, some sort of "equalizer" that a woman could carry that would make them less vulnerable to males....

AS TYEMA SANCHEZ of Northern Liberties got dressed yesterday morning, she carefully considered which purse to carry.Given the recent spate of purse-snatch shootings, she wondered whether she should carry her Louis Vuitton with the short straps.

Also: "A handbag is a part of our accessories. As a mother, I carry my daughter's medicine, all of her personal belongings, her toys and everything she needs to get through the day," said Sanchez. "And honestly, if someone snatches my pocketbook, all they're going to get is a bag full of bills."

Perhaps you don't need to carry all of your daughter's personal belongings, toys, and bills with you everywhere you go?

I always thought that the handbag was the stupidest thing on Earth : sure, ladies, put ALL your valuable possessions in one easy-to-snatch bag. Even more better when the bag itself is more several times the iPhone that it contains, your money, your papers, and so on...

Thieves snatch purses because it's easy. Police tells people not to leave valuable in plain sights in cars. A Vuitton bag is a big "Rob me" sign.

"Where are our men? Why are they not protecting us?" Sanchez continued, her voice full of frustration. "Men are failing us. I feel as though we are not being protected."

Do you consider yourself my equal? Yes. Then why the fark do you need my protection? If you are not my equal and need my protection well get back to the farking kitchen get me a sandwich and when you are done get down on your knees and give me a blowjob.

padraig:I always thought that the handbag was the stupidest thing on Earth : sure, ladies, put ALL your valuable possessions in one easy-to-snatch bag. Even more better when the bag itself is more several times the iPhone that it contains, your money, your papers, and so on...

Thieves snatch purses because it's easy. Police tells people not to leave valuable in plain sights in cars. A Vuitton bag is a big "Rob me" sign.

I always thought it was stupid to walk around with a wallet hanging out of your back pocket.

Benevolent Misanthrope:ZAZ: The mayor of Boston recently warned women not to walk alone at night after a series of assaults. Cue the angry feminist newspaper columnist.

Right. The angry feminist is the problem. Not the fact that women cant walk alone at night. Men can, by and large, walk at night. Women canèt walk at night. Because of the men.

Encourage women to own firearms and learn how to use them--and that means more than just target shooting. Nikki Craft understood this decades ago, when she and several fellow feminists formed an armed women's group. The liberals around her were shocked and horrified that she did this. Stand-up, respectable fighter, Ms. Craft. May not agree with all her politics, but I agree with and understand her point in that case--if the feminist rhetoric is true and women cannot rely upon men to protect them or to even not treat them brutally, then it behooves women to use any means necessary to defend themselves.

mainsail:"He pointed out that the old code of the streets, that thieves don't hurt women and children, is no longer honored."

It never was. Ever. In the history of Ever. Why do idiots push this shiat?

In my day, even the criminals were classier. One time I was mugged and the guy went through my wallet and handed me the photos I carried. They were of no value to him but meant a lot to me. He did shoot me, but he waited with me until we could hear the siren on the ambulance before running off.

Look, bupid stitch, you disarm the honest, decent ones, further emasculate them with scholastic indoctrination and "zero-tolerance" laws which punish those who stand up to bullies just as harshly as the bullies their selves, and this is what you get.

Wellon Dowd:mainsail: "He pointed out that the old code of the streets, that thieves don't hurt women and children, is no longer honored."

It never was. Ever. In the history of Ever. Why do idiots push this shiat?

In my day, even the criminals were classier. One time I was mugged and the guy went through my wallet and handed me the photos I carried. They were of no value to him but meant a lot to me. He did shoot me, but he waited with me until we could hear the siren on the ambulance before running off.